ARC Preview: Chile v Canada

For Chile and Canada, the game at the Estadio La Pintana in Santiago is about pride and building for the future, as neither side is able to compete for the title. 

Canada will be looking for only their second victory in this year's edition of the tournament while Chile are still yet to win a match in 2018.

Canada need to find some consistency of performance as they build up towards the RWC 2019 global repechage in November and Chile are desperate to end their two-year wait for a win in the competition.

Son of three-time Rugby World Cup veteran Jon Thiel, Josh, will make his test debut for Canada at full-back to continue his family’s proud sporting tradition. At the other end of the experience scale, veteran hooker Ray Barkwill wins his 50th cap.

Scrum-half Gordon McRorie will also start a test at fly-half for the first time in his four-year international career as Kingsley Jones continues to experiment to find his best combinations.

Chile captain José Ignacio Larenas returns after injuring a hand in the opening match and prop José Tomás Munita is back in the team after finishing his exams as Los Condores go in search of their first ARC win since the opening round of the inaugural tournament in 2016.